Kerala woman pleads for help, husband asks CM to intervene

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Akhila Ashojan who was put in protective custody of her parents, after the Kerala High Court annulled her marriage with Muslim man Shafin Jahan has released a second video pleading for help. “You need to get me out... I will be killed anytime,” she can be heard saying. The 25 year old homeopathic doctor had converted to Islam last year after her marriage with Jahan. On her father's claim, the Kerala High Court had accepted that he has links with terror-outfits. Release by social activist Rahul Eashwar, the video shows Akhila narrating her woes of being brutalised by her father. Jahan, meanwhile has requested Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to intervene. He has also requested the Home Department to take suo moto action based on the video.